Ottawa Senators fans were quick to voice their displeasure with the United States on Saturday after U.S. president Donald Trump announced his plan to impose tariffs on Canadian goods.

We realize that most Americans didn’t vote for Trump (only 49.8%) and that most of those who did probably didn’t understand what tariffs are and how they work and we realize that Trump’s action and our response are going to hurt poor Americans, and poor Americans in red states more than others, but we’re not going to take illegal tariffs sitting down.

Just a reminder who Trump is pissing off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHSaHRd4Q48

https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/lend-hand-do-what-you-can-remembering-generosity-gander

  • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    Of course we can’t know who all those non-voters wanted to win, but I’d rather not imply that nearly half of all americans voted for him.

    Who gives a shit? Those non-voters made an active choice to not matter. Makes sense to respect that choice and ignore their existence.

    People always bring this up as if it’s some indication that things arent quite as bad as they seem. Why? Americans chose this in every way that matters.

    • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
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      11 days ago

      Those non-voters matter a lot because Trump is acting like he has some kind of enormous overwhelming mandate, and there is no evidence to back that up.

      • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Trump is acting like Trump. Talk of a ‘mandate’ is piffle, like almost anything he says.